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The universality of salvation means that it is granted not only to those who explicitly believe in Christ and have entered the Church. Since salvation is offered to all, it must be made concretely available to all.

The universality of salvation means that it is granted not only to those who explicitly believe in Christ and have entered the Church. Since salvation is offered to all, it must be made concretely available to all.

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Believe, Mean, Church
Pope John Paul II (1991). “Encyclical Letter Redemptoris Missio of the Supreme Pontiff John Paul II on the Permanent Validity of the Church's Missionary Mandate”

In the depths of the human soul... the desire to give meaning to one's own life is joined by the fleeting vision of beauty and of the mysterious unity of things.

Pope John Paul II
Faith, Inspiration, Giving

In the sacrifice which Jesus Christ makes of Himself on the Cross for His bride, the Church... there is entirely revealed that plan which God has imprinted on the humanity of man and woman since their creation.

Pope John Paul II
Faith, Jesus, Inspiration
John Paul II, Brooke Williams Deely (2014). “Pope John Paul II Speaks on Women”, p.37, CUA Press

The promotion of the culture of life should be the highest priority in our societies...If the right to life is not defended decisively as a condition for all other rights of the person, all other references to human rights remain deceitful and illusory.

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Rights, Abortion, Priorities

Consequently, theories of evolution which, in accordance with the philosophies inspiring them, consider the mind as emerging from the forces of living matter, or as a mere epiphenomenon of this matter, are incompatible with the truth about man. Nor are they able to ground the dignity of the person.

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Philosophy, Men, Theory Of Evolution

To the family is entrusted the task of striving, first and foremost, to unleash the forces of good.

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Faith, Inspiration, Tasks

That is the dignity of America, the reason she exists, the condition of her survival, yes, the ultimate test of her greatness: to respect every human person, especially the weak and most defenseless ones, those as yet unborn.

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Greatness, America, Abortion

Respect for life and for the dignity of the human person also extends to the rest of creation, which is called to join man in praising God.

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Men, Dignity, Praise

Take heed all of you who have at heart mankind's future! Take heed men and women of good will! May the temptation to seek revenge give way to the courage to forgive; may the culture of life and love render vain the logic of death; may trust once more give breath to the lives of peoples.

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Life And Love, Revenge, Heart

It is pleasant to spend time with Him, to lie close to His breast like the Beloved Disciple and to feel the infinite love present in His Heart....how can we not feel a renewed need to spend time in spiritual converse, in silent adoration, in heartfelt love before Christ present in the Most Holy Sacrament?

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Faith, Spiritual, Lying

Our communal worship at Mass must go together with our personal worship of Jesus in Eucharistic adoration in order that our love may be complete

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Jesus, Order, Together

A process of genocide is being carried out before the eyes of the world.

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Eye, World, Genocide

Holidays and vacations can help to balance activity with contemplation, haste with more natural rhythms, noise with the heralding silence of peace.

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Faith, Inspiration, Holiday

All of us experience the sad effects of blind submission to consumerism. In the first place it represents crass materialism. At the same time it represents a radical dissatisfaction because one quickly learns that the more one possesses, the more one wants, while deeper aspirations remain unsatisfied and perhaps even stifled.

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Want, Firsts, Materialism

Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore, in addition to causing horrendous damage, they prove ultimately futile.

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Peace, War, Problem
Message on the World Day of Peace, w2.vatican.va. December 08, 1999.

Euthanasia is a grave violation of the law of God, since it is the deliberate and morally unacceptable killing of a human person.

Pope John Paul II
Law, Catholic, Killing
Pope John Paul II (1996). “The Encyclicals of John Paul II”, Our Sunday Visitor (IN)

Chess holds deep wisdoms of the people. It is truly an image of life, the reflection of human fate that has shown us the earthly way of suffering in darkness and permanent shortage of time. Like in chess, we encounter all kinds of traps, mistakes, settlements, sacrifices, kings, and queens, doubled pawns, and extraordinary moves while we are on the board ourselves.

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Queens, Kings, Mistake

The history of mankind, the history of salvation, passes by way of the family.

Pope John Paul II
Family, Way, Salvation

Prayer joined to sacrifice constitutes the most powerful force in human history.

Pope John Paul II
Prayer, Powerful, Sacrifice
Pope John Paul II, Greg Burke (1999). “An Invitation to Joy”, p.111, Simon and Schuster

Every scientist, through personal study and research, completes himself and his own humanity. ... Scientific research constitutes for you, as it does for many, the way for the personal encounter with truth, and perhaps the privileged place for the encounter itself with God, the Creator of heaven and earth. Science shines forth in all its value as a good capable of motivating our existence, as a great experience of freedom for truth, as a fundamental work of service. Through research each scientist grows as a human being and helps others to do likewise.

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Freedom, Science, Helping Others

Truth can prevail only in virtue of truth itself.

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Virtue

The man who wishes to understand himself thoroughly must with his unrest, uncertainty, and even his weakness and sinfulness, with his life and death, draw near to Christ.

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Men, Life And Death, Wish
Pope John Paul II (2009). “A Year with John Paul II: Daily Meditations from His Writings and Prayers”, p.40, Harper Collins

Love is a constant challenge, thrown to us by God.

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Faith, Inspiration, Love Is
Pope John Paul II, Bolesław Taborski (1980). “The jeweller's shop: a meditation on the sacrament of matrimony, passing on occasion into a drama”

The challenge is to make the church's yes to life concrete and effective. The struggle will be long, and it needs each one of you. Place your intelligence, your talents, your enthusiasm, your compassion and your fortitude at the service of life!

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Struggle, Compassion, Long
Pope John Paul II (2003). “Go in Peace: A Gift of Enduring Love”, p.120, Loyola Press

Do not be afraid to be the saints of the new mellineum!

Pope John Paul II
Religious, Saint

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